X-Ray Spectroscopy

Information on scientific and technical methods that use X-rays.

X-ray spectroscopy is a rapid and economical physical technique for the quantitative analysis of the elemental composition of specimens and a gathering name for several spectroscopic methods using x-ray: X-ray absorption spectroscopy, X-ray emission spectroscopy, photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence analysis, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy etc.

According to IUPAC, X-ray spectroscopy consists of three steps:

1. excitation to produce emission lines characteristic of the elements in the material;

2. measurement of their intensity, and

3. conversion of X-ray intensity to concentration by a calibration procedure which may include correction for matrix effects.

Corresponding devices are called X-ray spectrometers, working in the field of soft and hard X-rays. A special form is the so-called X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, short XRF spectrometer. Moreover, there are large-scale X-ray radiation sources for research purposes.

Journals

Powder Diffraction... is a quarterly journal devoted to the use of the powder method for materials characterization. Cambridge University Press

X-Ray SpectrometryX-Ray Spectrometry is devoted to the rapid publication of papers dealing with the theory and application of x-ray spectrometry using electron, x-ray photon, proton, gamma and gamma-x sources. Wiley

X-ray Structure Analysis Online… is the Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry's electronic-only journal for the concise crystal structure reports on all classes of compounds. The journal presents unpublished X-ray structure data and structural discussion from academic and industrial research laboratories to make this information available to the public to be used in various fields, including analytical sciences, pharmacology, theoretical chemistry, etc

Organisations

International Centre for Diffraction Data ®ICDD ® is a non-profit scientific organization dedicated to collecting, editing, publishing, and distributing powder diffraction data for the identification of crystalline materials